saponify in Hindi हिन्दी
saponify in Marathi मराठी
saponify in English
- saponify⇄saponify, verb, -fied,-fying.
- saponify⇄v.i. to become soap.
- saponify⇄v.t. 1. to make (a fat or an oil) into soap by treating with an alkali.
Ex. Considerable preliminary concentration can be effected by saponifying the oil, that is by turning the glycerides of fatty acids which constitute the bulk of the oil into so